There have been 71 new (animal and plant) species discovered in 2019 alone! This list includes flowers, coral, ants, lizards, spiders, sea slugs and fish.
Found across 5 continents from within the depths of caves, forests, and the ocean.
We have selected 14 insects and sea life creatures.
Story via California Academy of Sciences
Currently, Scientists at the Centre for Paleogenetics, in Stockholm, Sweden, are currently doing DNA-analysis to find out whether it is a wolf, a dog, or possibly a common ancestor.
But one thing they do know for sure is that it was a very good boy.
Bats are widely misunderstood creatures in the animal kingdom - while they're associated with witches, vampires and darkness in general, they're actually super cute and interesting. And scientists have just discovered something amazing about them - bats use leaves as "mirrors" that reflect sound waves, helping them find insects hiding behind leaves. Cool, right? Or confusing? Keep on reading, we'll explain everything.
In a very rare find, a new Mammal species called the 'olinguito' has been discovered. Even the researcher who discovered it had to admit it's darn cute, saying, "it looks kind of like a fuzzball."
It's native to South America and is something of a "cross between a teddy bear and a house cat." Other notable features of the olinguito include a tiny, pink button nose, long sharp claws, and beautiful golden and mahogany fur.
Read more about this little cutie on Smithsonian Science.
An international team of scientists have recently found an all new reason to squee with the discovery of a new species of Slow Loris in Borneo. Get the full story at Discovery News.
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ATTENTION! ATTENTION! A NEW LIVESTREAM WITH KITTENS! WASTE YOUR ENTIRE DAY WATCHING KITTENS! SRSLY! IT'S JUST KITTENS, KITTENS, KITTENS!
I never knew that kitties were so soft.
It's not just kittehs that love captions! ALL THE ANIMALS DO! Check out Animal Capshunz for MOAR!
Love penguins? Who doesn't! Check out Discovery's Penguin Cam for a live stream of SeaWorld San Diego's "Penguin Encounter" exhibit. Boy, they sure do make some funny noises!
An hour after his guests left, an embarrassed Carl discovered he'd had a piece of lettuce in his teeth since dinner.
Jeff thought he was in love . Until he found out what kind of hairballs result after making out with a Persian.
TERRY FOUND OUT HE'S HAVING OCTUPLETS... ...HE'S HANDLING THE NEWS WELL
